The Sox, mired in a bit of a funk, have a merciful day off today.  However, there is some news from the International League that bears watching:

Bartolo Colon, the former Cy Young Award winner currently rehabbing for the Pawtucket Red Sox, had his second start of the season today in Buffalo.

How did he pitch?  Almost perfectly.

6 innings, 1 hit, no walks, 4 Ks.  Colon threw 64 pitches, and 45 were strikes (70%).  Colon has thrown a total of 14 innings in AAA and yielded only 6 hits and 1 walk while striking out 11.

With the inconsistency and/or injury of Clay Buchholz and the general uselessness of Mike Timlin, it appears that some veteran help could be on the way to Boston within the next few weeks.

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